Daughters of Shim Jung - personal poems from @utblog October to December 2013

2013-12-30

Sabbath is a verb ~~ eternally still summit ~~ fount of holy Word

2013-12-29

victory of grace ~~ you loved me through the fire ~~ til flame found its place

2013-12-27

behind blue pine doors ~~ universe purpose unfolds ~~ worlds not seen before

2013-12-24

it all began small ~~ a conception in the heart ~~ she answered the call

2013-12-22

life's three kingdoms odd ~~ birth past, present and future ~~ Animal, Man, God

2013-12-21

"the winter is past" ~~ "Rise up, my love, my fair one" ~~ "the rose of Sharon"

2013-12-19

potato poem ~~ simmer until fork tender ~~ or eyes are open

2013-12-18

rise eve·ry Mary ~~ encourage cowering hearts ~~ life itself carry

2013-12-17

chorale whip of chords ~~ drives out our sheep and oxen ~~ temples of our lord

2013-12-13

Clovis point arrow ~~ flaked from imagination ~~ through bone to marrow

2013-12-11

when madness the rule ~~ sunset mistook for sunrise ~~ truth appears the fool

2013-12-10

most who see me curse ~~ unacceptable to norms ~~ yet my universe

2013-12-07

east night visitor ~~ witness the birth of a star ~~ eternal sister

2013-12-06

it's snowing today ~~ corn stock leaves like Buddhist flags ~~ blowing out to pray

2013-12-06

our suffering soul ~~ comforting authority ~~ mercy's begging bowl

2013-12-01

bring back the red chair ~~ turn on all the great hall lights ~~ teach us how to dance

2013-12-01

outside the paling ~~ wildflowers bloom without thought ~~ some ancient failing

2013-11-29

words don't understand ~~ fortresses carved deep in stone ~~ temples built on sand

2013-11-29

Santiam clear night ~~ shooting star burns slow then gone ~~ gratitude still bright

2013-11-24

talking to a chair ~~ abstraction on abstraction ~~ no warm body there

2013-11-23

lacking polished form ~~ unsophisticated be ~~ not perfect, but warm

2013-11-21

love is personal ~~ a kiss, a touched hand, a look ~~ clear-eyed cathedral

2013-11-18

Columbia come ~~ wash away time's golden dreams ~~ carry home your son

2013-11-12
we know in our bones ~~ there's a choice to walk away ~~ or take one step home

2013-11-11

bald eagle returns ~~ scavenger of fish really ~~ yet hero's name earned

2013-11-11

crescent moon rebirth ~~ the star of eternity ~~ kept his true promise

2013-11-11

enthroned crimson chair ~~ lap of Isis with Horus ~~ Son of Mary's care

2013-11-08

lives interwoven ~~ convenient separation ~~ illusion proven

2013-11-07

did I see you there? ~~ some glimpsed movement following? ~~ hope arising shared?

2013-11-04

november again ~~ come full circle in the heart ~~ refuge is a friend

2013-11-03

what are we to do? ~~ why, "there is none good but one" ~~ gave my heart to you

2013-11-01

October moon rise ~~ The Fall from a northern view ~~ Spring in southern eyes

2013-10-30

far away longed for ~~ once an accidental touch ~~ knocking on the door

2013-10-26

God said, with her hand ~~ man is become as one of us ~~ and I become man